 IAA Number: 2015-179
 | Object's Name: Ostracon Inscribed, Aramaic
Period: Persian-Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Lenght: 6.9 cm
Wide: 5.6 cm
Description: Translation:
1. ...HZY, Barley [X]
2. [...]MSR'T (?) S(eah): 10; G(riv), 4
The Ostracon is dated from thr 4th to the 2nd centuries BCE.
HZY- A proper name.
MRS't- the name is well attested both in Hebrew and Aramaic.
G (ג)- There are three options for interpretation:
A short form of the Aramaic Griv (a vessel used mainly for storing
liquids), a short form of GR'GR, (ripe olives) or a short form of the
Persian term Gario used for measure of grain.
Bibliography: Eshel E. 2014. "Iron age, Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions" in: I. Stern (ed.) The Excavations of Maresha: Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave. BAR (IS) 2652: 77- 94, Fig. 8. 11.
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